Everyone loves Huo Qubing

The second time I saw Wei Qihou Dou Ying was an afternoon before the Double Ninth Festival.When the emperor came back from the court, Dou Ying suddenly wrote a letter saying that he wanted to have a face-to-face interview. Only then did I know that he had already stood up because of Guan Fu's imprisonment and completely broke with Tian Fu.

Now Prime Minister Tian Fu came to meet Sheng every now and then, but former Prime Minister Dou Ying and I only met at the funeral of Empress Dowager Dou.At that time, Dou Yingshang was a strong and stable middle-aged man. He hadn't seen him for four years. Time had carved marks on his forehead and cheekbones. Compared with Tian Fu, who just married his beautiful wife Liu Wengzhu of Yan Guo, with the spring breeze blowing on his face and full of ambitions, it makes people sigh that the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, and good fortune tricks people.

"It's true that Guan Zhongru was drunk and lost his temper. It's true that death is not a crime; however, I am not the one who wants to destroy his clan." The emperor drank it all in one gulp. Uncle Biao wants to rescue Guan Shi, I have a solution here."

"I would like to hear the details." Dou Ying raised her glass with a dignified expression.

I leaned over to fill up the wine bottles of the two of them, and only listened to the emperor's tentative question: "If my uncle dares to go to Prime Minister Dong Gongtian's territory and disclose the details of this matter to the public, there may be a turning point."

"Your Majesty's grace of not killing, I thank you in advance. The evidence of Marquis Wu'an that I and Zhongru hold is overwhelming, and I will not disappoint Your Majesty." Dou Ying finished her glass of wine in one gulp and agreed without hesitation.

"Give the jug to Chuntuo, and my nephew will have a drink with me." The emperor pointed at Dou Ying and kowtowed to the empty banquet after he left, motioning for me to sit down.

The apricot blossom wine in the palace is slightly sweeter than the one sold in the Chang'an market, and it is not so bitter that it is unbearable after one sip; however, the wine is making everyone far away, drunkenness is often seen, it may not be able to relieve sorrow, it is better to drink less better.

The emperor obviously didn't think so, he just stared at me, drinking one cup after another.

After drinking more than a dozen bottles, he suddenly asked, "Qu Bing, if I want you to go to the East Palace to listen to the court debate, would you dare to go?"

I take a deep breath.Going to the East Palace means facing Tian Fu and the Queen Mother directly, but Wei Qihou is not afraid. I am an insignificant person, so what is there to be afraid of?

"Return to Your Majesty, since General Dou dares to argue, I dare to listen."

"Well said." The emperor got up and walked in front of me, sitting next to me.

"I am a cowardly person. In the past two years, I have not been able to give you an explanation, let alone myself." He opened his slightly drunken eyes, looked through me, and looked towards the far north, "I hope this time, with the help of Dou Wangsun, a satisfactory result can be obtained."

***

The fallen leaves are flying, but the autumn sun is still there.

"Xuan Shijian." The eunuch sang.

At this time, the front hall of Changle Palace was already buzzing with flies and flies whispering to each other.The emperor walked away, leaving Dou Ying annoyed, Han Anguo frowning, Ji An angrily, and Zheng Shi, the right inner historian who could not kneel in the center of the hall.

"Huo Shizhong will stay here for the time being, and I will return as soon as I go."

The Langzhong appointed by His Majesty to be in charge of the records ordered Shi Jian to leave in a hurry without saying a word.For a while, I stood at the end of the line and was directly exposed to dozens of eyes, with nowhere to hide.

The subject of grown-up whispers quickly shifted to me.

"The boy from the Wei family is getting more and more lively now."

"It's the same as his uncle when he was a child."

"No wonder he was sent to the palace."

I don't mind listening to the same words again, but at the place closest to the throne in the distance, a beam of gaze was directed at me, locking me like a spider's thread, making it impossible for me to escape.

Breathing stagnated, my heart seemed to be tied to a huge boulder, sinking to the bottom of the water continuously.Bluestone slabs, red copper bells, white paint marks, and rouge purple all whizzed past in an instant like a revolving lantern.

Instinctively moved his eyes away, and met another set of eyes nearby.Completely different from Tian Fu's gloomy gaze, this gaze is exceptionally familiar, full of encouragement and comfort, just like the Big Dipper in the night sky, its radiance is soft but extremely firm.

Since you can't avoid it, then raise your head.

The light shines straight into the hall from the dome.The front hall of the East Palace, which has not been opened for a long time, and the empty imperial seat, make it easy for people to forget that the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xiaogao, and the first empress of the Han Dynasty, Empress Xiaogao, once sat here.

Dust danced against the noon sun, drowning everyone's gazes, be they surprised, curious, or resentful, in the hazy light spots.

***

"Let's go to Jianzhang Palace for Cuju in the afternoon, my uncle will accompany you." Taking the sheep's head sword from Xiao Huangmen, the second uncle walked out of Changle Palace Xique while holding my hand while talking.

"General Dou lost, right?" I asked in frustration.

"Yes." The second uncle sighed, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, Your Majesty's decision is too impulsive."

Sure enough, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Although Ji An and even Han Anguo chose to side with Dou Ying today, the one sitting in the Changxin Hall is always the decisive force.

"I don't understand." I looked up at my second uncle, "I won the bet, but my heart hurts so much that I can't breathe. How could this be?"

The second uncle stopped and looked down into my eyes.His eyes suddenly became sharp, like the afternoon sun shining from his back, and I had completely lost the ability to avoid him.

The autumn cicadas wailed, the water in the open channel flowed slowly, and the koi in the water circled, leaving ripples.

"I asked you if you had been kissed by others that day, and you told me yes. Did something happen to you that I don't know about the night your Majesty took you away from the East Palace?"

An erratic voice came from across the air.For the first time in two years, my second uncle asked me about that night, but why didn't I ask myself the same question over and over again in the silent night.

I kept telling myself that that person was just a blip in my life.However, I would dream of a night sky full of stars, and someone would pin me down on the grass with strong arms and kiss me affectionately and domineeringly.I happily called my second uncle's name, but when the person who kissed me let go of me and got up to leave, I found that the opposite was not a pair of clear almond eyes, but a pair of charming phoenix eyes.

I used to think that I could bury that feeling deep in my heart forever, but I knew it was just my wishful thinking.Now, what should come is finally here; and I just need to give myself another strong reason.

Raising my head, I met my second uncle's gaze.

"No." I said firmly.

Unhappy things, I choose to forget.

Forget it, it's as if it never happened.

***

Dou Ying was impeached for the crime of coercing the imperial edict of Emperor Xiaojing, and the night when Dou Ying was beheaded for public display on Weicheng Street happened to be the day of Da Jinniang's delivery.The Wei Mansion was brightly lit, and the little snow accumulated in the garden was made into a puddle of mud by my uncle walking back and forth; I was wrapped in a cloak and leaned beside my second uncle, staring blankly at the strange faces who came in and out with things.

On the first day of the first lunar month in the fifth year of the second Yuan Dynasty, with the dawn of dawn, the crying of the baby replaced the sobbing of the mother.

"Congratulations, general, mother and child are safe." The midwife took out a candle and handed it to the ecstatic uncle. "It's the one with a handle."

The cousin sang loudly in the hands of the uncle, full of energy, and the uncle was so excited that tears filled his eyes.

The midwife sighed with relief: "My family has delivered so many children in Chang'an City, and the general's young son is really one of the best in size. He must be strong and strong when he grows up, just like the general."

The spring break was on the fifth day of the first lunar month. During the few days when my little cousin and I were together, there was an endless stream of visitors from Weifu.On the sixth day of the sixth day, after Taixue school, I ran into the Xuanshi Hall familiarly, and passed by the lord Du Wei Jian.Mr. Ji seems to have bad eyesight, and he doesn't like to pay attention to other people's greetings.

"How is my newborn nephew?" The emperor immediately asked me when we met, "I've been busy these days, so I didn't have time to say hello."

"Return to Your Majesty, my cousin ate well and slept soundly." I added in my heart: The Wei Mansion is overcrowded these days, you can't even go there if you want.

"Have you chosen your nephew's name?" the emperor asked with concern.

Regarding this point, I have already received an order from my uncle, and I have repeatedly emphasized that the emperor will not have any chance to intervene in the matter of naming my cousin.I hurriedly cupped my hands and said, "Return to Your Majesty, my cousin's name has been chosen, Wei Xuanchun."

"Wei Xuanchun? Hahahaha," the emperor couldn't help laughing while lying on the desk, "You Wei family members are very good at picking names!"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I think the name 'Xuanchun' is quite good." I said disapprovingly.In my opinion, although the names of the Wei family members are a bit vulgar, they are all easy to pronounce.

"Okay? Where do we start?" the emperor asked with great interest.

"First of all, my cousin was born on the first day of the first lunar month, which is the beginning of spring. Secondly, my mother loves jasmine flowers, and jasmine flowers are always the first to herald the spring."

"What else?" The emperor pointed to the three fingers I stretched out.

"Chen Zhanshi's deceased son, Chen's stepbrother, his single name is the word 'Xuan'." I spit out these words slowly.

In the brief silence, I took the time to watch the changes in the emperor's expression.

"I didn't expect this level." The emperor scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. "It's no wonder that your Wei family loves each other so much. I am very moved. Maybe I should follow Ying Zheng and call myself a 'widow'."

"Your Majesty was joking." The First Emperor of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Yingzheng, claimed to be a widow, but when the Second Emperor of the Pre-Qin Dynasty died, the emperor was willing to follow suit.

"No, the widow is serious."

I stared in surprise at his frowning, serious expression.

"Ahaha, Qubing is really deceptive." Seeing me staring at him, the emperor couldn't help but laugh, "'Zhen', who claims to be I, has been issuing edicts for eleven years. It's easy to say but hard to change. Qubing is with me, and I am not alone."

So soon the emperor will turn the game against him!I sigh in my heart.The big Han emperor in front of him is serious in front of others, but he likes to play tricks on others in his queen.Now it's not him who gave birth to the emperor himself, but he is dancing and overjoyed. There are people coming and going in the palace of Xuanshi. Does he still want the royal demeanor and face?

"Hold it, wait for your second uncle to come back, let's eat together."

When the emperor said this, I was staring at a table of delicacies and drooling; in fact, I have to fill my stomach before talking about demeanor and elegance.

"I've had seven days of meals at my mother's place, but I'm tired of it. I have to change my taste today." Finally sending off the group of courtiers who came to celebrate the new year, the emperor stretched his waist and rolled his eyes.However, he didn't arrange to go to his aunt's Yilan Hall for board and lodging, but set up a greenhouse hall and ordered the chef to prepare snacks of the surrounding styles of Chang'an City.

The second uncle came back from the Qimen barracks, and the emperor hugged him from behind before he took off his armor.

"Zhongqing, look at this table of delicacies, which were your favorite food when we were hunting in weifu. Today, you and I want to celebrate." The emperor rested his chin on the second uncle's shoulder.

"Your Majesty, Qubing is here." The second uncle awkwardly pushed away the octopus that was so happy that it couldn't close its mouth from ear to ear.

"Turn around and don't look at me!" Throwing such a sentence at me, the emperor immediately put on a pleasant face to comfort the second uncle, "I have seen my nephew a lot, and this time is not bad."

The candles gradually burned out, and the second uncle carried the drunken emperor back to the bedroom.

"I haven't been this happy for a long time." Before losing consciousness, the emperor lay on his second uncle's back and wept with joy, "Changjun has a son, and the Wei family has successors. Zhongqing, you are free!"

I have been refraining from reminding the emperor not to be too happy, because Su Jia has been staying in the Wei Mansion for the past few days to accompany her sister, who is my eldest daughter, to confine her.The sisters of the Su family are not alike in their cooking skills, so Su Jia seduces her second uncle with delicious food whenever she gets the chance.

That's right, Su Jia is the common enemy of me and His Majesty now, in my eyes, everything she does is hooking up with my second uncle!

***

Cousin Wei Xuanchun was staring at me with round eyes open.Compared to Wei Chang's cousin who was crying so hard when she was born, this kid is not so troublesome.

"How long has it been since you came to Wei Mansion to eat and drink?" I glanced at Dongfang Shuo who was sneaking behind me, and I saw him every day in the mansion recently.

"Nephew Huo Xian, please don't blame me, I sent you an invitation card today." Dongfang Shuo took out a letter paper with oil stains and mutton smell from his sleeve, and he knew it was cut from the hand of the servant who delivered the letter. As a reason to enter and leave the Weifu.

Sure enough, when it was taken apart, Li Gan's rough official script crawling all over the paper came into view.

Li Gan graduated from Taixue this year. As the son of Weiyang Weiwei, he was admitted to the Imperial Army as a matter of course.The invitation said that on February [-]th, he reserved a restaurant to celebrate at a restaurant in the north of the city, and entertained his friends and all the students of the Taixue.I was amazed that this guy remembered to invite me.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank my virtuous nephew for saving me from suffering, otherwise I will spend my whole life playing shoot with His Majesty." Dongfang Shuo added.Now he has finally been promoted back to the position of Lang Guan, and stands guard for His Majesty in the Hall of Proclamation.

"How did you offend His Majesty, a Taizhong doctor, and was sent to the Golden Horse Gate?" I asked curiously.

Dongfang Shuo sighed, "I just objected a little when the North Palace was being built the year before last."

"Northern Palace? Not so much, the scale of the Northern Palace is not big?" I shook my head.The Beigong was expanded on the former site of the Han Mansion, and this man really couldn't open any pot and carry it.

"When the Jianzhang Palace was expanded last year, I couldn't hold back and objected again."

Dongfang Shuo compared his thumb and index finger together and made a "small" character.

"Master Dongfang, do you only pick the tiger's beard?" I laughed wildly, and my cousin Xuanchun also giggled.